Top Gadgets of 2006

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PC Multifunction Panel with Remote

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We know it's a dangerous grue habitat under your desk. Who knows what perils you may encounter trying to reach the power button to turn-on your PC. Fear not young geek... install the PC Multifunction Panel in an extra 5.25" drive bay and use the keychain remote to turn on your PC from up to 15 feet away. It's so cool even your dog will be impressed... and the stylish blue LED front panel sports two temperature gauges with handy USB & Firewire ports.

With the special designed ATX adaptor, this front panel can be compatible with 20pin or 24pin ATX power connectors, and 20pin or 24pin motherboard sockets.
 

Anusha

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Gaming keyboard by XYZ Computing...

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XYZ Computing has an extensive review of the new gaming keyboard produced by Ideazon. The keyboard is called MERC which combines a standard keyboard with a Fang gamepad on the left side. Check out some of the features announced on Ideazon’s website.

Dedicated Gaming Terrain
-MERC’s dedicated gaming terrain combines 34 gaming keys, a deadly central butterfly layout, three thumb keys and 11 weapon keys

Sleek Ergonomics
-Sleek ergonomic game pad tilts 11 degrees to match natural wrist position while providing hours of comfortable gaming
-Core game commands are labeled for quick access, including run, walk, jump, crouch and reload

Multimedia Controls & Hot Keys
-MERC features multimedia keys and programmable hot keys

Enhanced Keyboard
-MERC also has an enhanced QWERTY keyboard for game-play banter, chatting with friends or standard PC functionality and Windows® shortcut keys

Powered by ZEngine™ Technology
-Supplies gamers with pre-defined key layouts (a.k.a. MOD Files) and the ability to easily switch between them for today’s top PC gaming titles
-Windows® 64-bit USB drivers available

Here is the conclusion of the XYZ review: “In the end, the Ideazon MERC did not offer any surprises. If you are a gamer who thinks that they can benefit from a more open WASD area and you are willling to spend some time relearning your keyboard skills, the MERC could be a great choice. It will take some time to perfect your technique, tweak the drivers, and learn the differences that happen from one game to the next but once you get it under control the MERC can be as effective as it is affordable.”

You can grab one of those keyboards for as low as 30 bucks, it should be worth a shot therefore even if it will not do wonders to your gaming skills.
 

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7.1 Channel Sound Adapter in USB format

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Remember the good old days when a sound card was considered to be a luxury purchase? While your friends with Sound Blasters or Sound Blaster Pros managed to eke out just about double the fun piloting an X-Wing with all the explosions and screams of TIE fighters ringing around in a dogfight, you had to endure the cold, stony silence of keyboard taps and joystick button clicks. Come to think of it, that’s how it was supposed to be anyway. Space is a vacuum, and we all know that sound doesn’t travel through vacuum. I digress - sound cards have since come a long way and today, most motherboards come with integrated sound cards, but if you want to go one up on the generic integrated soundchip, why not plug in this USB-powered Virtual 7.1 Channel Sound Adapter?

In laymen’s terms, the Virtual 7.1 Channel Sound Adapter is basically a sound card in a USB device form factor, making it extremely convenient to carry around as you might not know which PC you use along the way would be missing some sound. Since it produces virtual 7.1 surround sound, you will enjoy the aural experience much more than a 5.1 set up. It’s small size doesn’t mean it has limited abilities, as it also comes with a 3.5mm port for you to plug in your headphones or stereo speakers for top notch sound.

In addition, you can also hook up your microphone to the Virtual 7.1 Channel Sound Adapter and use it in tandem with a whole host of other voice chatting software such as MSN and Skype without missing a beat. Other features include the pre-loaded 3D Sound Simulation Software that offers several other audio functions such as microphone echo, magic voice, key shifty, and vocal canceling. The Virtual 7.1 Channel Sound Adapter retails for £19.95.
 

Anusha

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Eco-friendly laptop

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LG Electronics recently unveiled a concept for a future laptop called “ebook”. The laptop, instead of the current LCD (liquid crystal display) panels, uses OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panels which are more efficient in terms of energy consumption and manufacturing processes.

The laptop will be powered also through clean fuels such as methyl alcohol or natural gas, and it features a special cylindrical hinge to storage such fuels. All the combined characteristics make this laptop much more environment-friendly than standard products. The confirmation comes from the fact that LG was included among 12 “best of the best” design concepts from the Red Dot Award.

For those of you not familiar the Red Dot Award is one of the most important design awards worldwide, they have basically two categories: “design concept award” which is given to future concepts that inspire the industry or promote innovation and the “product design award” which must be assigned to products that are already being produced and on the market.

A manager of the company commented that “under the current technology, it’s extremely expensive to build such a laptop. But it’s possible (…) we are suggesting the idea for the laptop of the next generation.”

Another interesting fact is that among the 12 winners of the Red Dot Award there are only 2 corporations. The other prizes were awarded to individual designers or to university teams composed of design students. This reveals that it could be difficult to nurture creative designs within the ranks of large and bureaucratic organizations.
 

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    chaminga_d said:
    ::: KEEP WATCHING ::::
    more gadgets will posted soon....
    do ya think SLT have given me a lifetime rental free 2Mbps ADSL connection to watch posts of urs?;):D:lol:If Lankabell knows how much trouble u r they'll terminate ur line :(.Jus kiddin bro keep it up.:D:D:D
     

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    zCexVe said:
    do ya think SLT have given me a lifetime rental free 2Mbps ADSL connection to watch posts of urs?;):D:lol:If Lankabell knows how much trouble u r they'll terminate ur line :(.Jus kiddin bro keep it up.:D:D:D

    You are saying everything you don't wanna say to his face, using this forum. Someone making good use of this forum...finally. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
     

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    Wiimote Power Glove

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    For all of those people out there who didn't manage to grab a Wii at launch -- and probably won't be able to until next year -- there comes a moderate form of compensation in seeing what crazy Wii-themed mods people who did have come up with. The latest to pop up is one that retro-loving Nintendo fans will surely appreciate: a fully functional Wiimote Power Glove, complete with working finger buttons. The burst of nostalgia at seeing the Wii-glove in action is definitely enough to last us until the next Wii shipment, although we can't quite shake the nagging concern that this guy must have spent a whole lot of time not playing his Wii in order to create it.